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Abraham Lincoln is Elected 16th President on November 6th. Abraham Lincoln was the republican candidate.
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South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession. Which mad it the 1st state to secede from the Union.
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1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC
In the same month Mississippi, Flordia, and Alabama seceed from the Union. -
91 total battles were fought. 29 of them the confederate states won. 44of them the Union won and 18 were undecided.
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Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves. 95 were also fought in this year.
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Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president
Also 135 total battles were fought in 1864 -
General Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
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1st ambulance goes into service
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1st Civil Rights Act stated that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, no matter the background, race, gender,etc.
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US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
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President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
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Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
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Cornelius Swarthout patents the first waffle iron!
